Palantir and the UK Public Sector
Mon 27 Jul
|The Conduit
Abla Kandalaft, Hajira Maryam and Andrew Feinstein on big tech’s presence in the UK’s public services.
Time & Location
27 Jul 2026, 18:15 – 19:30 BST
The Conduit, 6 Langley St, London WC2H 9JA, UK
About the event
In 2023, NHS England awarded a £330 million contract to Palantir to provide a new data platform. On 3 June 2026, the cross-party House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee warned about Palantir’s increasing presence in the UK public sector. The committee called for the government to terminate NHS England’s contract with Palantir, due to the company’s support of ‘highly controversial policies and activities.’
Join us for a timely discussion of surveillance, spy-tech, procurement and privacy. Our guest panellists, including Amnesty International’s Hajira Maryam and Andrew Feinstein, Executive Director at Shadow World Investigations, will discuss the place of big tech in the UK public sector. They will consider the political, legal and social ramifications of Palantir’s involvement, particularly in the NHS, and the ways this is currently being challenged.
The discussion will be chaired by The Canary’s Abla Kandalaft and will include opportunities for the audience to share their…
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